A country house is unhappy when the city, with all its buildings and traffic, grows up around her.

Five tales recounting the adventures of two best friends - Frog and Toad.

When Farmer Brown's cows find a typewriter in the barn they start making demands, and go on strike when the farmer refuses to give them what they want. Farmer Brown thinks it's odd when he hears the sounds of typing coming from the barn, but his troubles really begin when his cows start leaving him notes. First they demand better working conditions, then they stage a strike!

Bear has lots of money and lots of land -- and he's lazy. Hare has nothing but a hungry family -- and he's smart. Hare is sure there's a way to share Bear's wealth, so he and Mrs. Hare cook up a plan. Then Hare hops on down the road to Bear's place and proposes that Bear donate land. Hare handles labor, and they split the crop in half. All Bear has to do is choose the half he wants -- tops or bottoms. Sleepy Bear takes tops but finds once the harvest...

The Caldecott Honor Book is the story of a little girl and a baby bear hunting for blueberries with their mothers. This delightful, classic picture book is accompanied by a compact disc that features a lively, professional reading of the story. Perfect for road trips or bedtime reading, story time, preschool, or homeschool. Entertaining for children and parents alike. "All the color and flavor of the sea and pine-covered Maine countryside." -- School...

A young boy is depicted doing a variety of naughty things for which he is repeatedly admonished, but finally he gets a hug.

A trip to the laundromat leads to a momentous occasion when Trixie, too young to speak words, realizes that something important is missing and struggles to explain the problem to her father.

The adventures of Peter, a little boy in the city on a very snowy day. No book has captured the magic and sense of possibility of the first snowfall better than this book. With its universal appeal, the story has become a favorite with millions, as it reveals a child's wonder at a new world, and the hope of capturing and keeping that wonder forever. -- Publisher description.

In a moment of fright, Sylvester the donkey asks his magic pebble to turn him into a rock, but then can not hold the pebble to wish himself back to normal again.

A biography of a self-taught scientist who photographed thousands of individual snowflakes in order to study their unique formations.